Yin Yang and the Five Elements

Japanese: 陰陽五行 - いんようごぎょう

The ancient Chinese world view explains the correlation between astronomical phenomena and human affairs. The Yin-Yang theory tries to explain all things in the universe through changes in dualities such as heaven and earth, day and night, cold and heat, and men and women. The theory of the five elements considers wood, fire, earth, metal, and water to be the elements that govern all things, and explains the changes in all things in the universe through their rise and fall. The Yin-Yang theory became an important concept around the 3rd century BC, linked to the I Ching (Book of Changes), and developed into the theory of oneness that places the Tai Chi above Yin and Yang. It also merged with the theory of the five elements, and the originally different origins came to be called Yin-Yang and the five elements. In the early Warring States period, two theories of the five elements were born: the theory of mutual victory (wood overcomes earth, metal overcomes wood, etc.) with the arrangement of earth, wood, metal, fire, and water, and the theory of mutual generation (wood produces fire, fire produces earth, etc.) with the arrangement of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. These theories explained the change of dynasties, the cycle of nature, and the spring and autumn disasters.
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Japanese:

古代中国の世界観で天文現象と人事との相関関係を説く。陰陽説は天地・昼夜・寒暑・男女などの二元の変化によって宇宙の万象を説明しようとするもの。五行説は万物を支配する元素として木火土金水の五つを考え，その盛衰によって宇宙万物の変転を説く。陰陽説は前３世紀ごろより易(えき)に結びついて重要な観念となり，陰陽の上に太極を置く一元説へ発展するとともに，五行説とも合して，本来起源の異なるものを陰陽五行と合わせて呼ぶようになった。五行説は戦国時代初期に土木金火水の配列をもった相勝説（木は土に勝ち，金は木に勝ち……）と，木火土金水の配列をもつ相生説（木は火を生じ，火は土を生じ……）の２説が生まれた。これにより，王朝交替，自然の循環，春秋災異などが説かれた。
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